Treatment for diarrhea and vomiting and fever?

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Anonymous

23 Feb 2012

The important thing to do with this kind of illness, is to keep your child hydrated at all times. Dehydration can come on quickly when a person has vomiting and diarrhea. Water is (in my opinion) best to drink, but pedialite, sport drinks such as Gatorade is also good to use. With a first breakfast try dry toast, lunch chicken noodle soup or just the broth, this provides needed water and sodium. And plenty of rest. If your child doesn't begin feeling better in a day or two or their fever spikes. Please consider talking with their. Family doctor as soon as possable. I hope these hints help. And your child feels better soon. Taylor. Ps. As long as their is no allergy concern, tylenol or advvil is helpful at reducing fever. Please follow the dosing instructions for a child of only twelve.

Very good advice although I believe Pedialyte or Gatoraide mixed 50/50 with water is a better option than water. Water is good but it doesnt have the elctrolytes needed at this time-diarrhea and vomiting deplete the electrolytes quickly. Self care or home care should only continue a day or two. If you are not seeing improvement within that time, then the child should be evaluated by a physician. A virus will usually run its course and begin resolving in 24-72 hours and they just need to run their course with supportive measures like hydration. Bacterial causes may need antibiotic treatment. Bacterial infection may not improve in the 24-72 hour time frame and that is where your antibiotic therapy needs to come in. This combination, diarrhea, vomiting and fever can be very dangerous and can even be fatal if left too long.

Oh yeah-its nasty! Thats when you know how sick a kid is when they drink that stuff. I used to mix my kids pedialyte with a little white grape juice so it didnt taste so bad. When they are vomiting it is best to mix it with something that wont stain!!! I learned really quick that red dyed drinks and regular grape juice were not good things to offer a puking kid! lol